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The Ambrosian Rite (Italian: rito ambrosiano) [1] is a Latin liturgical rite of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church (specifically The Divine Liturgy of Saint Ambrose). The rite is named after Saint Ambrose , a bishop of Milan in the fourth century.
The Traditional Ambrosian Rite is the form of this rite as it was used before the changes that followed the Second Vatican Council. Nowadays the Traditional Ambrosian Rite is mainly used on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation in the church of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Milan , using the Ambrosian Missal of 1954, as permitted by Cardinal ...
Cathedral of Milan: Carlo Borromeo celebrating the Holy Nail, painting by Gian Battista della Rovere (Fiammenghino). The Rite of the Nivola (in Italian Rito della Nivola) is a Catholic liturgical rite (part of the Ambrosian Rite) [1] as well as a historical reenactment that is celebrated yearly in the Duomo (Cathedral) of Milan, Italy; the tradition dates back to the 16th century and was ...
Ambrosian chant (also known as Milanese chant) is the liturgical plainchant repertory of the Ambrosian rite of the Roman Catholic Church, related to but distinct from Gregorian chant. It is primarily associated with the Archdiocese of Milan, and named after St. Ambrose much as Gregorian chant is named after Gregory the Great. It is the only ...
The Ambrosian rite is also practiced in other surrounding locations in Lombardy and in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Another important difference concerns the liturgical music . The Gregorian chant was completely unused in Milan and surrounding areas, because the official one was its own Ambrosian chant , definitively established by the Council ...
The Nuns of St Ambrose (Ambrosian Sisters) wore a habit of the same colour as the Brothers of St Ambrose, conformed to their constitutions, and followed the Ambrosian Rite, but were independent in government. Pope Sixtus IV gave the nuns canonical status in 1474. Their one monastery was on the top of Monte Varese, near Lago Maggiore, on the ...
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The first Ambrosian church in Milan was founded by Saint Ambrose in the 4th century. This church, known as the Basilica Ambrosiana, became the center of the Ambrosian Rite, which is still used in some parts of the world today.